<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Take a small drift punch and gently tap the wire out from the inside face of the damper head.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Tom</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Tom Seay, RPT</div><div>512-454-1452</div><div><a href="mailto:info@seaypianoservice.com">info@seaypianoservice.com</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Mar 13, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi List,</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I have never had to do this, but on the Steinway A I'm rebuilding, I'm gong to have to replace some of the damper wires :>(  I've never had to replace one in 16 years!</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">What are the best methods for removing the wire from the damper head? They seem to be quite fixed in there!</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks in advance for your endless supplies of methodologies and wisdom!</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Paul</font> <br></div><br></div></body></html>